Books you gave up on ever being ebooks - Page 32

Dr. Drib · 11-09-2021, 08:54 AM

Horn, by D. Keith Mano. (A postmodern novel.)

It's available at Archive.org, but yellowed and slow as beans on all my ebook readers.

When? Oh, when?

I actually had this book almost 50 years ago, but was too young to understand it, let alone appreciate it.

DNSB · 11-09-2021, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

It's available at Archive.com, but yellowed and slow as beans on all my ebook readers.

Should that be archive.org not Archive.com?

Dr. Drib · 11-09-2021, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Should that be archive.org not Archive.com?

Yes, you're right. I'll correct it in my original post.

Thank you.

retiredbiker · 11-09-2021, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Horn, by D. Keith Mano. (A postmodern novel.)

It's available at Archive.org, but yellowed and slow as beans on all my ebook readers.

When? Oh, when?

I actually had this book almost 50 years ago, but was too young to understand it, let alone appreciate it.

A couple of years ago I found a pdf of Mano's The Bridge and ocr'd an epub of it to read on my Kobo. As I recall, that was a bit of a restoration project; awful images. (And a very dark book, as in dark dystopian.) So I had a look at this one--they only have it for their stupid 1-hour loan, and the images again look terrible. Maybe a project if the winter gets too long...

Dr. Drib · 11-10-2021, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by retiredbiker

A couple of years ago I found a pdf of Mano's The Bridge and ocr'd an epub of it to read on my Kobo. As I recall, that was a bit of a restoration project; awful images. (And a very dark book, as in dark dystopian.) So I had a look at this one--they only have it for their stupid 1-hour loan, and the images again look terrible. Maybe a project if the winter gets too long...

Yes, just horribly OCR'd.

The Bridge is classified as a dystopian SF novel - I have not read it; but Horn (if I remember correctly) is more literary in scope.

(Let us hope the winter is long and cold where you live!)

ZodWallop · 11-10-2021, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by retiredbiker

So I had a look at this one--they only have it for their stupid 1-hour loan...

Check your PMs

Dr. Drib · 11-10-2021, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Check your PMs

Nothing there - yet?

Sorry: I see you meant retiredbiker.

retiredbiker · 11-15-2021, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Yes, just horribly OCR'd.

The Bridge is classified as a dystopian SF novel - I have not read it; but Horn (if I remember correctly) is more literary in scope.

(Let us hope the winter is long and cold where you live!)

So I got hold of the HORN pdf, and guess what? the base images, after you get to them and sort them out with ImageMagick for a while, are just beautiful. And so huge I had to resize them drastically to speed up the OCR, which worked like a dream. Really makes you wonder why the Internet Archive ocr is so bad. They must run ocr on the pdf, instead of the original images. Another mis-use of a pdf.

This is a really, really good read, thanks for pointing it out.

So look for an epub in the usual Sargasso Sea of ebooks.

dandelioncottage · 11-17-2021, 08:41 AM

For fellow “pony book” fans, Jane Badger Books has bought the rights from HachetteUK to reprint Ruby Ferguson’s Jill books. They’ll be out as ebooks early next year, starting with Jill’s Gymkhana.

Moe The Cat · 11-17-2021, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by retiredbiker

So look for an epub in the usual Sargasso Sea of ebooks.

Looks like a good scan, retiredbiker. Thanks!

Dr. Drib · 11-17-2021, 06:15 PM

Yes, Thank you, retiredbiker.

(See your PMs, please.)

Nonya · 11-29-2021, 12:14 AM

The vast majority of gamebooks.
Sure, you can find a lot of them in PDF format but they don't reflow and most aren't linked making them useless as "ebooks" and don't convert well to EPUB or KEPUB formats.
The only ones that come close are the Time Machine series in PDF.

ZodWallop · 11-29-2021, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Nonya

The vast majority of gamebooks.
Sure, you can find a lot of them in PDF format but they don't reflow and most aren't linked making them useless as "ebooks" and don't convert well to EPUB or KEPUB formats.
The only ones that come close are the Time Machine series in PDF.

When you say 'gamebooks' do you mean the Choose Your own Adventure type of books? (I'm not familiar with the Time Machine series.)

I thought Joe Dever's Lone Wolf books were available, though checking now looks like they are currently only available in German.

Karellen · 11-06-2022, 04:59 PM

I have been looking high and low for Icefire and its sequel Freefall by Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icefir...-Stevens_novel)

I remember reading these many, many years ago (I guess around 1998) and recall really enjoying them. I know I had the first editions but they seem to have been lost in one of my many moves.

Would be nice to have these released as ebooks.

Comfy.n · 11-08-2022, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Karellen

I have been looking high and low for Icefire and its sequel Freefall by Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icefir...-Stevens_novel)

I remember reading these many, many years ago (I guess around 1998) and recall really enjoying them. I know I had the first editions but they seem to have been lost in one of my many moves.

Would be nice to have these released as ebooks.

you might like to see this:

https://archive.org/search.php?query...s%2C+Judith%22

11-09-2021, 08:54 AM	#466
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,458 Karma: 59592133 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Horn, by D. Keith Mano. (A postmodern novel.) It's available at Archive.org, but yellowed and slow as beans on all my ebook readers. When? Oh, when? I actually had this book almost 50 years ago, but was too young to understand it, let alone appreciate it. Last edited by Dr. Drib; 11-09-2021 at 12:59 PM. Reason: Corrected the website to '..org'

11-17-2021, 06:15 PM	#476
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,458 Karma: 59592133 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Yes, Thank you, retiredbiker. (See your PMs, please.) Last edited by Dr. Drib; 11-17-2021 at 06:19 PM.

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Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,615 Karma: 9500498 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	I have been looking high and low for Icefire and its sequel Freefall by Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icefir...-Stevens_novel) I remember reading these many, many years ago (I guess around 1998) and recall really enjoying them. I know I had the first editions but they seem to have been lost in one of my many moves. Would be nice to have these released as ebooks.